Striving in the path of God : jihad and martyrdom in Islamic thought / Asma Afsaruddin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Afsaruddin, Asma, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jihad.

Religious life--Islam.

Religious life.

Martyrdom--Islam.

Martyrdom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jihad is often assumed to refer to armed combat and Muslim martyrdom is understood to be invariably of the military kind. By canvassing a more diverse range of texts - Qur'an, tafsir hadith, edifying and hortatory literature - this book recuperates a more nuanced and multifaceted understanding of both jihad and martyrdom through time.

Contents:

Striving "for," "in," and "in the path of" God: Qurʼanic imperatives in the Meccan period

Fighting in the path of God: a religious and moral obligation i

The ethics of fighting, refraining from fighting, and peacemaking

Dying in the path of God: exegeses of martyrdom

Jihad and martyrdom compared in early and later ḥadith literature

Jihad and martyrdom in early and late treatises on the merits of jihad

The excellences of patient forbearance: counter-narratives on striving in the path of God

Modern and contemporary debates on jihad and martyrdom I: political and militant perspectives

Modern and contemporary debates on jihad and martyrdom II: privileging history, context, and polysemy

Conclusion: analysis of texts: a summation.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-990828-1

1-299-46674-5

OCLC:

839304834